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Transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals have historically been at the forefront of the fight for queer liberation. The modern movement in the United States was largely ignited by the actions of trans women of color, most notably Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. At the 1969 Stonewall Inn uprising, it was those who existed most visibly outside gender norms who led the resistance against state-sanctioned harassment. There is a reason the transgender community is